A pop-quiz from last Sunday: What is the mission of the United Methodist Church?

To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

And so the church, Belle Meade United Methodist Church, exists for you and me to be made into disciples of Jesus. A disciple is a learner, a follower, of a teacher. We are students. Better, we are apprentices. We learn by doing what the Master Teacher does.

So as I asked you last Sunday and will continue to ask you during this fall series on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount: What have you learned from Jesus lately? How are you changing as a result of following him? What difference is he making in your life?

We continue to sit on the hillside with Jesus as he teaches us about the God’s new world he’s just demonstrated. He has healed the sick, …